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Feeling Deconstructed and Naked
Recently I had a day that left me feeling like a deconstructed dessert – pulled apart, each component examined for what it contributes, and laid out bare. The only difference between me and this beautiful deconstructed dessert was that it looks elegant! On this...
Are you addicted to being right?
When there is a lot at stake, discussions around the executive level table can become heated. You are passionate, well informed, and keen to persuade your peers to your point of view. Take care because being ‘right’ can be addictive* and winning has costs too. When we...
Are You Suffering from Earned Dogmatism?
You are clever right? You have great experience that informs your views and allows you to confidently back your judgements. Great! And… take care…. Earned dogmatism is a cognitive bias where smart people overestimate the extent of their expertise*. Numerous studies...
Choose your own adventure
Do you remember ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books? This was one of the most popular series of children's books during the 1980s and 1990s, with the reader making choices that determine what happens. One book might have 20 possible endings!As the reader, we...
3 ways to promote curiosity in leadership
Curiosity creates relationships. It brings people together—it doesn't kill cats. In the September 2018 Harvard Business Review, Professor Francesca Gino summarises the benefits of curiosity as fewer decision-making errors, more innovative and positive changes, reduced...
5 Christmas Wishes for you
It’s the end of the year… Time to wrap up this year and prepare for the New Year. Even as we rush around to get things ‘done before Christmas’, it’s also a time for reflection. This year instead of ‘gifts’ for you, I am offering to ‘take’ things from you. My intention...
Leadership and Let Downs
We see true leaders as heroes. We idolise them for the incredible impact they generate. We watch them, looking for indications of how they pull off such achievements. We look for hints, characteristics we to could adopt, styles we can embrace. Perhaps...
How energised are you by Friday night?
When I work with leadership teams, different messages resonate with different people. Frankie leads a large team responsible for $550m of high-profile infrastructure projects. She’s a great people leader, stimulated by growth opportunities, and she loves her work. And...
The Gloaming – Vulnerability & fearless leadership (with Corrinne Armour)
The Gloaming Podcast: Vulnerability & fearless leadership (with Corrinne Armour), 13 November 2018
Post the Banking Royal Commission, culture is a board room issue
Towards the end of each year the Australian Institute of Company Directors provides a ‘Essential Director Update’, summarizing the key issues and events from that year, and forecasting the likely themes for the coming year. In the recent 2018 briefing, Graham Bradley’s wide ranging and thought-provoking address included the implications for directors of CBA APRA Prudential Inquiry, Banking Royal Commission, Shareholder Activism and more.